I am just getting back into the swing of blogging and need to catch up with emails and comments from you all. Rest assured that I will respond very soon, now that I am hanging out with the computer again. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

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I hope you all had a great summer vacation! I did and am ready to get back into the swing of things. What have I been doing and where have I been the past three months? Well, I am glad you asked!

The kids finished school the first week of June. That time is always filled with a flurry of activities. There was the piano recital (and cupcakes for the recital, of course),

track and field day,

violin concert, band concert, dance recital,

honor students celebration (A honor roll, baby! Woo!), etc., etc…

The last day of school was a half day. My son was home for 40 minutes before he had to leave for a sailing trip on Lake Superior with the Boy Scouts. Great for him, a bummer for his mom (he was gone for 5 days). About 10 days after coming home, my son then went on a canoe trip to the BWCA with Boy Scouts. This time he left for 10 days. (sigh…)

My son went to Washington D.C. and the 100 year anniversary Boy Scout Jamboree. A-may-ZING trip!!

The girls and I went to Girl Scout Day camp again. This camp also hosted scouts from Japan, which was a great camp experience for us all.

Braces were removed from teeth. Apples and corn on the cob were soon feasted on.

Hair was donated.

Bikes were ridden without training wheels (big brother bike teachers are the BEST!)

Daisy Girl Scouts bridged to Brownies.

And some of us kayaked for the first time and loved it.

There were many other things that made this summer so fun, so busy and so filled. I will recap some of the bigger highlights over the next couple of weeks (I found the best dairy free white chocolate this summer, for example. Mmmm…), so keep an eye out for that. I’ll be back Friday with another Freezer Food Friday. See you then!